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Chiemelie Ezeobi writes on the change of guard at the Naval Officers’ Wives Association as its 21st National President, Hajiya Nana Amina Gambo assumed office with the pledge to build a better society for women as well as provide educational development through capacity building
Undoubtedly, the Naval Officers’ Wives Association (NOWA) is the engine room that drives the Nigerian Navy. From a small tea group that began in 1965, these women have become stronger and much more formidable over five decades later, becoming pillars of their communities through various empowerment schemes and outreach to naval widows and the less privileged in general.
By By Hammed Shittu
Naval Officers Wives Association(NOWA) has reiterated its commitment to ensure academic excellence of the students of Navy schools across the nation so that they could be a future reference point for academic attainments.
The immediate past National President of the association, Dr. Theresa Ibas made this known, recently, in Kwara State, during the official commissioning a 12- room storey building built by the association for the students of the Navy Secondary School, Offa.
She said the provision of modern facility in the area of good accommodation for students would no doubt enhance their academic learning and boos their academic output.